Epoxying the inner transom pad and setting up the seat positions and the centre thwart seat blocks

Giving the back face of the inner transom pad a first coat of West System epoxy before setting it up for a coat on the forward face 

Getting the pram dinghy seat blocks and their positions in the boat set up ready to glue the mounting blocks in position with West System epoxy

Once all the blocks are in position then the hull will be stabile enough for the gunwales and inwales to be steamed round and then nailed in position with copper nails and roves  

Just got to do a few repairs on the edges of the seats before they go in, they will be varnished as will the gunwales and inwales. the whole boat will be repainted in either light blue or cream. It is not decide on which as present time.

 

Finish off dry fitting the inner transom pad and dry fitting the transom quarter knees and dry fitting a possible outboard on the transom

Finished dry fitting the inner transom pad so it can be take out and epoxy coated on the transom face before it is set of a bed of sealant on the transom.

The top edge getting planned down to the finished height to fit a standard length shaft outboard.

Fitting the quarter knees so that they fit the new transom pad.

Fitting both starboard and the port knees 

Now the knees can be sent off to be powder coated and fitted when the other work on the transom is finished off.

Fitting a possible engine for the boat, this is a standard shaft outboard and will move this along easily. However, we would like to have something about 30 hp to make it really come alive.

 

Fitting the cockpit inwale mahogany trims and final fitting the seat backs and dry fitting the transom inner pad

Finally fitting the mahogany inner cockpit mahogany trims and final fitting the seat backs into position.

Now that the inner mahogany trims are fitted the seat backs can be strengthen up along the top edge and the fitting shoot bolts can be fitted to the top of the seat back to stop it moving when laying against it when driving the boat. 

Dry fitting the transom inner pad to see where it will need trimming to make it fi against the hull plating

The centre area will need to be cut down to to the correct height for a short shaft outboard, 

 

Busy Tuesday on different boat jobs

Having made the patterns for the seat backs for the Pearly Miss it was time to make the final seat backs out of 12mm plywood, each of the tops of the seats are the camber of the deck in each of the positions they are in with the correct amount of angle laying aft in it of their positions the plywood will be coated with primer and then undercoat and finally white gloss marine paint after they are given a batten along the top and bottom edges to strengthen up the plywood and where the back will be covered with foam and vinyl   

Now that the bilge keels have been covered with fibreglass it i time to move on with doing the inside of the hull and make and fit the gunwales and inwales and fix the seat blocks in position and make a new centre thwart.

The mahogany trims for the Pearly miss getting their final thinned coat of varnish  before they are rubbed down and iven a final coat of full strength varnish before they are screwed to the inside face of the cockpit.

The new battery box for the Pearly Miss getting its first cot of grey bilge paint a few more coats of paint to go on before that is refitted under the aft deck.

 

Dismanlting the Wayfarer rudder and varnishing the parts of the tabernacle

Dismantling of of the Wayfarer rudder into the individual parts to inspect if there is any damage or rot and repair it as necessary.

The two rudder cheeks look in reasonable condition apart from the one on the right as a bit of rot in the top section which will need to be repaired 

The inside face of the rudder cheeks are very wet and will need drying out before they are worked on and repaired and rebuild with new parts as necessary.

The two wear panels to go inside the tabernacle when it is rebuild and refitted in the boat after the repair is finished in the bow.

The tabernacle pieces getting their first coat of varnish in manty years, they will look a lot better when they are refitted in the boat.

 

Remove Tabernacle and breakdown the parts to sand them and replace the worn out parts

In order to work on the repair on the hull in the bow section, we removed the tabernacle to gain better access to the bow section to continue with the repair to the hull.

Having removed the tabernacle it was time to dismantle the parts of the tabernacle and then get ready to sand back the individual parts.  

With a bit of sanding the faded surface gave way to the original colour 

After both sides getting a good sanding they are looking a lot better and are getting ready for their first coat of varnish in a lot of years.

All the surfaces sanded back and just the packing pieces to be made to put on the inside faces of the tabernacle to make it fit the mast.

Marking out the packing pieces for the inside faces of the tabernacle.

 

THe Pearly Miss restoration with making template patterns for the seat backs.

The Pearly Miss is getting the seat back template patterns made so we can make new plywood backs for the seatss. 

First we have to cut strips of patterning plywood to make the outside edges of the new seat back before we use the templates to mark off the plywood to make the seat backs 

Making thew patterns fit to the sides of the hull so that this will be one of the ways these seat back will be held in place.

Just got to make up the top batten to have the camber for the top of the forward seat to be the same as the camber of the dashboard.

The aft seat back is the same camber as the aft deck camber. 

The top camber for the driver's seat back templated

The inside transom pad templated and just the outside template to pattern up

 

The Pearly Miss runabout speedboat starting to have its mahogany trims fitted back in position.

The first of the Mahogany trim pieces getting refitted to the inside of the cockpit.

Clamped into place so that the position of the seat shoot bolts can be marked off and drilled out and the top and bottom edges can be radiused  before the back faces are coated with varnish be for they are screwed back in position with A 4 stainless screws 

Making off the second pieces before clamping it in place

Finally they are both in position and just need a finally trimming.

 

The picnic boat is back to be finished off and used in the local creeks

The picnic boat is back at the yard to get finished off and used in the local creek around this part of North Essex.

The boat needs a good washing down before any work can start and inspect the hull.

One job to do is to re-instate the base keel and bolt it through the hull.

Another job is to fill in the space between the propeller shaft tube the encapsulate the prop shaft tube to keep it in position. 

 

Getting the transom inside shaped ready epoxy to the hull and then glassed over

Fitting the inside pad so that the level for the inwale and gunwale trim can be made and fitted  so the gunwale and inwale can be finished off.

The outer pad is already made and will be fitted once the hull is painted

 

Starting to do the hull repair on the Wayfarer's bow

Having cut back the loose and broken hull it was time to grind the surround of the hole and feather edge the edges of the hole.

The hole edges now have all the damaged laminates removed and it is now time to grind back the edges so it can be laminated up back to the original specification. 

Now getting the edges more to the correct level, just got to get into the locker to finish off the grinding from the inside.